Discovering Food Chains and Animals
Discovering Food Chains and Animals
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Discovering Food Chains and Animals
What do you already know about food chains and animal diets?
Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson you will be able to identify and describe producers, consumers, prey, predators, herbivores, omnivores and carnivores, and explain how they fit in food chains.
What Is a Food Chain?
A food chain shows how energy moves from one living thing to another. It usually starts with a plant and ends with top predators. Every link depends on the others.
Producers and Consumers
Producers make their own food. Most are plants. They use sunlight, water and air to grow.
Consumers
Producers
Consumers cannot make their own food. They get energy by eating other plants or animals.
What Is a Herbivore?
A herbivore is an animal that only eats plants. Examples include rabbits, cows and deer.
Carnivores and Omnivores
Carnivores eat only other animals, like lions and wolves. Omnivores eat both plants and animals, such as bears and humans.
Prey and Predator
A predator hunts and eats other animals. Prey are animals that get hunted. Foxes are predators, while rabbits can be prey.
Key Words Review
Producer: makes food; Consumer: eats others; Herbivore: plant eater; Carnivore: animal eater; Omnivore: eats both; Predator: hunts; Prey: gets hunted.
Think and Reflect
Can you name one producer, one herbivore, and one predator from your local area or country? Share your ideas with the class.
Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.
Write down 2 things you want to know more about.
Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.
